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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Gerontology

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  • Prospective memory (PM) involves remembering to perform future actions.
  • PM is crucial for daily tasks like medication adherence, especially for older adults.
  • Age-related cognitive decline often impacts PM, yet it's underrepresented in cognitive training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the first comprehensive prospective memory (PM) training intervention.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of this PM training in older adults.
  • To explore potential benefits for other populations with PM impairments.

Main Methods:

  • An 8-week PM training program was developed for adults aged 55-75.
  • Training included varied PM tasks, strategy discussions, and homework.
  • A control group received only initial and final training tasks.

Main Results:

  • Participants showed significant improvements on both training-specific PM tasks.
  • A positive impact was observed on a real-world proxy PM transfer task.
  • The training demonstrated practical benefits for older adults' prospective memory.

Conclusions:

  • The developed PM training intervention is effective for older adults.
  • This cognitive training package offers practical benefits for daily prospective memory functioning.
  • Findings suggest potential applications for populations with PM deficits, such as TBI or Parkinson's patients.